Semitic Semantics

Splitting hairs, our Supreme Court has drawn a distinction between those whose speech exposes a victim group to "hate" and those whose speech is supposedly even worse and exposes a group to "detestation."

I hate to break it to the esteemed justices, three of whom are members of tribe, but...

hate

/hāt/ 

Verb Feel intense or passionate dislike for (someone): "the boys hate each other".

Noun Intense or passionate dislike: "feelings of hate".

Synonyms verb. detest - abhor - loathe - abominate - execrate - dislike   noun. hatred - odium - abhorrence - detestation - loathing